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Performing the transition to democracy : theater and performance in 1970s Spain / David Rodríguez-Solás

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge advances in theatre and performance studiesPublisher: London ; New York Routledge, Taylor et Francis Group, 2025Description: viii, 164 pàgines : il·lustracions en blanc i negreContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • sense mediació
Carrier type:
  • volum
ISBN:
  • 9781032453873
  • 1032453877
  • 9781032454467
  • 1032454466
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 792(460)"1968/1982"
Contents:
Conté: Introduction -- 1. Resignifying the past and the performance tradition -- 2. Laying the groundwork for the theater of the future -- 3. European tours of independent theater in the 1970s -- 4. The fight for democracy takes to the streets -- Conclusion.
Abstract: "This book examines troupes, plays, festivals, performative practices, and audiences active during the final years of the Franco dictatorship and the beginning of the transition to democracy. This period, spanning 1968 to 1982, is considered the historical moment that most directly shaped contemporary Spanish politics and society. The dominant narrative of the Transition has long portrayed it as a normalized, non-confrontational, and consensual process steered by political elites. But the world of Spanish theater tells a very different story-one in which ordinary Spaniards played a vital role in the transition to democracy. The chapters of this book draw on censorship files, photographs, audiovisual and textual material, and the author's own interviews with more than a dozen audience and troupe members. Using these sources, David Rodriguez-Solas examines the notable experimentation during this period with theatrical performance, music and ritual, the establishment of performing spaces and festivals, the development of touring networks as a way to evade censorship, and the creation of networks of support that opposed diverse forms of violence and repression. This study will be of great interest to students and scholars interested in theater and the cultural and political history of Spain in the 1960s and 1970s.".
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Llibre Biblioteca Barcelona Biblioteca Barcelona BCN Lliure Accés 792(460)"196/198" ROD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Novetat 1900088747

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"This book examines troupes, plays, festivals, performative practices, and audiences active during the final years of the Franco dictatorship and the beginning of the transition to democracy. This period, spanning 1968 to 1982, is considered the historical moment that most directly shaped contemporary Spanish politics and society. The dominant narrative of the Transition has long portrayed it as a normalized, non-confrontational, and consensual process steered by political elites. But the world of Spanish theater tells a very different story-one in which ordinary Spaniards played a vital role in the transition to democracy. The chapters of this book draw on censorship files, photographs, audiovisual and textual material, and the author's own interviews with more than a dozen audience and troupe members. Using these sources, David Rodriguez-Solas examines the notable experimentation during this period with theatrical performance, music and ritual, the establishment of performing spaces and festivals, the development of touring networks as a way to evade censorship, and the creation of networks of support that opposed diverse forms of violence and repression. This study will be of great interest to students and scholars interested in theater and the cultural and political history of Spain in the 1960s and 1970s.".

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